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| They had parked their car to entertain themselves by targeting the elephant (video below) |
March 30, 2016, NewsCrunch
Four men have been arrested in Kerala for throwing stones at an elephant and its calf in Waynad last Friday.
After a video that caught them in action went viral, M Shameer (27), Abdul Razak (21), Shamal Hashim (21) and Riyas (26) surrendered before theForest department officials on Tuesday.
They have been booked under Wildlife Protection Act and sent to a 14-day judicial custody.
Four men have been arrested in Kerala for throwing stones at an elephant and its calf in Waynad last Friday.
After a video that caught them in action went viral, M Shameer (27), Abdul Razak (21), Shamal Hashim (21) and Riyas (26) surrendered before the
They have been booked under Wildlife Protection Act and sent to a 14-day judicial custody.
As the video below shows the four tried to have fun in their weird way by pelting big stones at the elephant, which was standing peacefully with its calf.
They had parked their car at Muthanga, National Highway 22, to entertain themselves by targeting the elephant. The video shot from another car went viral on social media alerting the forest officials.
It was not difficult to trace them as their car number had also been captured in the video.
The elephant eventually got enraged and gave them a chase making them flee, said a few media reports. The angry animal could have attacked other vehicles as well, which were passing by on the same road.